TO BON JOVI THAT AREN'T IN THE NOSEBLEED SECTION. LET'S FACE IT-- THE 80'S AND ALL THE GLORY OF THE HAIR- BANDS-- IT'S FINISHED. BUT 40/29'S KELLY JOHNSON FOUND A UNIQUE GROUP OF GUYS IN OUR AREA-- WHO DEDICATE THEMSELVES TO BRINGING IT BACK FOR THEIR AUDIENCE.... IF ONLY FOR A NIGHT. IT'S NEW TONIGHT. Kelly Johnson/Reporting: "introducing Ape, Rocky, Diesel, and Sly. These guys make up the band "hot Lix". And for all of you who are "made in the 80's" get ready. These guys are about to take us to the heart of 1986 WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IN NOT A FLASHBACK TO THE 80'S ...IT IS LOCAL BAND "HOT LIX" PLAYING FOR A CROWD OF THE FAITHFUL EVERYTHING FROM THE SOUND THEY'VE PERFECTED "scream" TO- THEIR WARDROBE CHOICES-- "we shop at women's stores" IT ALL LENDS IN TO THEIR MISSION. TO CREATE AN EXPERIENCE SO AUTHENTIC FOR THEIR AUDIENCE-- THEY FORGET WHAT DECADE THEY'RE IN. "we've had others tell us they've seen some of these bands live and we've played their songs better than they did." FOR GUITARIST APE-- THAT IS WHAT EMBODIES A GOOD TRIBUTE BAND "we have people come up to us and say man- you guys just really took me back or some people tell us we took them away from their problems." IT'S FAIRLY COMMON FOR TRIBUTE BANDS TO PICK OUT ONE SPECIFIC BAND TO EMMULATE. BUT HOT LIX PERFORMS MUSIC FROM DOZENS OF BANDS...CONVINCING LY. AND THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT A LOT OF WORK AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL "memorization of all the words. And trying to mimic some of the stage moves from music videos." FOR EVERY MEMBER-- THIS IS A SECOND JOB.. OR --PERHAPS A SECOND LIFE DEPENDING ON HOW YOU LOOK AT IT "leopard print or pink zebra tonight?" WHICH IS WHY THEY DIDN'T WANT US TO REVEAL THEIR REAL NAMES--OR LET US SEE THEM WITHOUT THE GARB. AND THAT'S JUST WHAT YOU'LL GET AT A HOT LIX SHOW TOO. THEY DO NOT BREAK CHARACTER! hello, hello, hello, hello, hello! HOT LIX INVITES YOU TO COME SAY HELLO-- AND EXPERIENCE ALL OF THE GLORY OF THE 80'S ...WHEN THEY HEADLINE THE FRISCO FESTIVAL IN ROGERS ON AUGUST 23RD. FLASHING FORWARD FROM THE 80;S-- "a fistful of hair. Nothing but a good time. And rock n roll!" I'M KELLY JOHNSON 40/29 NEWS. YOU CAN SEE HOT LIX ROCK OUT, THEY'LL HEADLINE THE FRISCO FEST LATER THIS MONTH. THAT CONCERT WILL HAPPEN ON THE 23RD.